Category: Radio
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RadioTalk at the Sony Radio Academy Award Nominations 2011
RadioTalk’s world tour takes us to 1 Marylebone Place in London for the Sony Radio Academy Awards 2011 Nominations Party. We were there to talk to the attendees about who did well. Another fun one – running around with a mic, trying desperately to find a corner without a REALLY…
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Sounds of the 20th Century: Web stuff
Our page went live on the BBC Radio 2 site yesterday! You can find the series home here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0103r3t and each episode will sit under that. Very exciting. We’re also going to be writing an unofficial blog of the series here: http://sottc.wordpress.com/ – which will include links and YouTube videos…
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RadioTalk from Radio Production in the North
Part 2 of our world tour takes us to sunny Salford, where Trevor Dann is joined onstage by Ashley Byrne (Made in Manchester), Denis Nowlan (BBC Radio 4) and Kerry McGeever (BBC Radio Wales) to talk about the issues raised by the conference, including commissioning in the Nations and Regions,…
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RadioTalk at RadioDays Europe
This week RadioTalk was recorded live on stage at RadioDays Europe in Copenhagen. Representing the UK, Trevor Dann was joined by Christopher Franzen (Frank Otto Medien / FMZ) from Germany, Marina Petrillo (Radio Popolare) from Italy, and Bjorn Bunte from Nokia to discuss the events of the conference. There’s big…
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RadioTalk with Simon Crosse, Matt Everitt and Adrian Van Klaveren
In this week’s RadioTalk, Trevor Dann talks to USP Content’s Simon Crosse, BBC 6 Music’s Matt Everitt, and 5 live’s Adrian Van Klaveren about why radio is a great place to work, setting up effective and interesting interviews, the value of “live” and the relationship between speech and music. This…
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RadioTalk: Late Night Phone-In Special with Pete Price, Scottie McClue and Martin Campbell
Late night phone ins. Where have they gone? A decade ago just about every area of the UK had one, they were often inspirational, funny, dangerous and were part of the fabric of the local society. Is OFCOM to blame for coming down hard on those jocks who stepped over…
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Advice for Graduates
This week I was invited to participate on a panel as part of Media Week at King’s University, London. The session was arranged by one of the members of Young Women in Media who is a student at King’s herself, and the subject of the session was ostensibly about being…
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RadioTalk Talking Dirty with X Factor’s Peter Dickson, The Now Show’s Jon Holmes and Laura Shavin, and Dave Wartnaby (KISS / Heart)
In a break from our usual format, this week’s RadioTalk was recorded at the Radio Academy London Branch event about the art of the voiceover. If there’s one thing that all station imaging and promo producers need, it’s someone who’s good with their mouth. Whether it’s helping to create an…
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Radio on the TV
I’ve been doing a bit of googling around for clips for next week’s special RadioTalk about the art of the late night phone-in and this came up. In a very sad geeky way, I love a bit of radio on the telly:
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Stoke and Sam Plank
Sam Plank was a bit of a local radio hero where I grew up. As Stoke as oatcakes or Sir Stan, I once heard. He passed away last week, and Radio Stoke have put up some audio commemorating his life on their website.
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RadioTalk Processing Special
Trevor is joined by a host of audio experts to discuss the practicalities and politics of processing. Broadcasting consultant Nik Goodman joins us down the line from Copenhagen, and Rupert Brun (BBC), Martyn Humphreys (Bauer & Chair, TechCon), Gavin McCoy and Dean Woodcock (Absolute) are around the Radio Academy MDF…
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RadioTalk with Jonathan Arendt, Jason Bryant and Dylan White
In the week the record companies revealed plans for “instant pop” Trevor talks to plugging legend Dylan White and the managers of two music radio stations, Jonathan Arendt (Planet Rock) and Jason Bryant (Town and Country) about the implications. The panel also discussed the future of rock music, Vanessa…
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Young Women in Media Session: Being a Media Mum
Vox pops recorded at the joint Radio Academy and Young Women in Media session in January.
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RadioTalk with Tim Davie, Clive Dickens, Torin Douglas and John Plunkett
Trevor is joined by the Director of BBC Audio & Music Tim Davie, COO of Absolute Radio Clive Dickens, the BBC’s Media Correspondant Torin Douglas and The Guardian’s very own Media Monkey John Plunkett to discuss the Radio Festival, 6 Music, the digital strategy and outbursts of local radio. Recorded…
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Vera Lynn: My First Documentary
Tonight on BBC Radio 2 at 10pm there’s going to be a documentary about Dame Vera Lynn that I helped to make. More on the BBC Radio 2 website.
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